Andrew Mason
Andrew Mason
Andrew D. Masonis an American businessman and entrepreneur. He is the founder and former CEO of Groupon, a Chicago-based website offering users discounts on local businesses...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
very-happy commerce ifs
Globally local commerce is a $12 to $14 trillion market. If we get 10 percent of that, we'll be very happy.
art competition plagiarism
In the arts they call it plagiarism, in business they call it competition.
selfish world sides
Most of the time, the things that really change the world exist for something fundamentally selfish and then the world-changing ends up being a side-effect of that.
running realizing small-business
I didn't realize how hard it was to run a small business.
one-thing keep-going
One thing I've come to learn about myself is that I have to keep going.
would-be culture difficult
Once you have something so deeply infused in your culture and your brand, it would be very difficult to reverse that inertia if you wanted to.
writing marketing culture
Groupon as a company - it's built into the business model - is about surprise. A new deal that surprises you every day. We've carried that over to our brand, in the writing and the marketing that we do, and in the internal corporate culture.
religious attachment challenges
One of the challenges of innovation is figuring out how to wipe your mind clean about what you should be doing at any given moment, and not having a religious attachment to what's gotten you there thus far.
flower would-be world
Flowers are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty out values all the utilities of the world. If dandelions were hard to grow, they would be most welcome on any lawn.
years phones use
Local commerce, without question, will be one of the fundamental use cases enabled by mobile devices over the next several years.
listening woe sainthood
Sainthood emerges when you can listen to someone's tale of woe and not respond with a description of your own.
business entrepreneurship
We can't be afraid to be weird.
people raises
A lot of people can raise money.
people secret crafts
If you have a great business, if you're great at your craft people should be coming in there. It shouldn't be this secret.